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Tornado Warning — Warned Area, MO — Apr 18, 2026

NWS SGF · ETN 19 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office SGF issued a tornado warning at 00:16 UTC on Apr 18, 2026. The warning was in effect for 29 minutes, ending at Apr 18, 2026 00:45 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 38.18, -93.57, moving east-northeast at about 55 mph.

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Counties Affected

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
1 NE Whitakerville Benton, MO EF0° An NWS survey concluded an EF0 tornado caused damage to a building on 83 and Highway MM southeast of Warsaw. This tornado is also reported to have damaged trees in the (SGF)
2 WNW Warsaw Benton, MO EF1° An NWS survey concluded an EF1 tornado touched down northwest of Warsaw... tracking at least as far east as highway 65. The tornado flipped several mobile homes resting (SGF)
7 SSE Stover Morgan, MO EF0° An NWS survey concluded an EF0 tornado caused debris from a barn and outbuildings to be thrown mainly east with some to the north near the beginning of the tornadoes tr (SGF)
2 N Gravois Mills Morgan, MO Unrated An NWS survey team found damage associated with a tornado that tracked north of Gravois Mills... MO. Several trees were uprooted in a cyclonic pattern... a window was b (SGF)

Preliminary local storm reports (SPC) within the warned area window — subject to revision after NWS surveys. ° = rating parsed from the NWS damage-survey text quoted in the SPC report narrative (derived, not an official F-scale entry).

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